Spectral hole-burning of rare-earth ions doped in AL2O3-SiO2 glass

Masayuki Nogami; Kazuhiro Suzuki

doi:10.1117/12.458829

23 October 2002 Spectral hole-burning of rare-earth ions doped in AL₂O₃-SiO₂ glass

Masayuki Nogami, Kazuhiro Suzuki

Proceedings Volume 4804, Sol-Gel Optics VI; (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.458829
Event: International Symposium on Optical Science and Technology, 2002, Seattle, WA, United States

Abstract

Al₂O₃-SiO₂ glasses doped with Sm³⁺ ions were prepared using sol-gel method, in which the Sm³⁺ ions were reduced into Sm²⁺ by heaing in H₂-gas or irradiating with x-ray. When heated in H₂ gas, the H₂ molecules react with oxygen ions to form H₂O. Removal of the generated H₂O causes the number of oxygen ions surrounding Sm³⁺ to decrease, resulting into the resuction of the Sm³⁺ ions. in contrast, in the x-ray irradiated glass, it is concluded that the Sm³⁺ ions are reduced into Sm²⁺ by electron transfer from the oxygen defect center. The hole defect centers are trapped in oxygen ions boound with Al³⁺ ions. The spectral hole burning of the x-ray irradiated glasses could be burned by the reverse reaction of the reduction of Sm³⁺ ions, that is, the electron transfer from the excited Sm²⁺ into the surrounding oxygen. A short distance between the Sm²⁺ and oxygen defect centers brings fast hole burning. On the other hand, the hole burning in the H₂-treated glasses was performed by the electron transfer between the Sm²⁺ and the trapping center such as Sm³⁺.

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Masayuki Nogami and Kazuhiro Suzuki "Spectral hole-burning of rare-earth ions doped in AL₂O₃-SiO₂ glass", Proc. SPIE 4804, Sol-Gel Optics VI, (23 October 2002); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.458829

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